Indiana Tourists Flock Abroad for Oberammergau Season
Indianapolis travelers plan European summer trips led by the Oberammergau Passion Play. J. P. Frenzel Jr. says this year may surpass all prior Hoosier tourist totals as the Bavarian production costs about 100000 dollars and runs weekly from May 16 to September 25. After the play, many will visit Egypt China Japan the South Sea Islands and other lands.
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Indianapolis
Europe
J. P. Frenzel, Jr
Oberammergau
Bavaria
Frenzel
Indiana
Egypt
China
Japan
South Sea Islands
Taft Bust Completed by New York Sculptor
Robert I. Adtkin of New York finished a clay bust model of President Taft, likely for the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Corcoran Gallery. Taft conducted normal duties while visitors observed the sculpting process. Adtkin, formerly of San Francisco, previously created a statue of the American navy that survived the 1906 earthquake and fire. Ransom repayment legislation also advances. The senate approved $61,000 to reimburse private citizens for Miss Ellen M. Stone’s 1901 abduction ransom. Men’s spring suits offered to order at wholesale price by 8S. J. Singer & Sons in Phoenix.
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Washington, D. C
Robert I. Adtkin
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Corcoran Art Galley
Taft
Aitkin
San Francisco
Union Square
Washington
Ellen M. Stone
Senate
J. Singer & Sons
Washington St
Evelyn Thaw Plans Paris Study Of Sculpture
Evelyn Thaw wife of Harry K Thaw gives up her New York apartments and intends to travel to Paris to study sculpture on the advice of competent teachers who say her talent could be developed.
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Harry K. Thaw
New York
Paris
Wireless Post Office Telegra System Expands Across UK
London April 16 The radio telegraph system now run by the post office connects any UK post office with ships up to 100 miles offshore. Nine stations are in operation with plans for more. American travelers use it most and Crookhaven station in Ireland covers about 250 miles. Telegrams to liners cost about 20 cents per word. Distress calls from ships are relayed to land and coast guards if needed. six night ships near the Goodwins feed signals to land stations.
Trusts Promised Long to Be Free
Washington April 15 Supreme Court postponement in the Standard Oil and Tobacco trust cases delays Justice Department actions against other combinations. The key issue is how the court defines monopoly, shaping future anti trust prosecutions including the Electrical Steel Lumber and Sugar trusts.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Tobacco Trust
Department of Justice
Electrical Trust
Steel Trust
Lumber Trust
Sugar Trust
Largest aeroplane turns turtle in lake tragedy
In Berlin on April 15 the largest aeroplane built to date overturned during maneuvering and plunged into Lake Plau. Passengers Engineers Blochman and Hoff escaped unharmed. The Parseval vessel, 45 feet across with a 120 horsepower engine and a three hour benzine supply, had tested successfully two weeks earlier.
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Berlin
Lake Plau
Blochman
Hoff
Overloading The Stomach Trial Package Free
Gluttony is condemned as a sin with severe digestive consequences. The ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets claiming one grain digests vast amounts of food, promising relief from overeating and constipation, with a free trial offer from F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Mich.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Despotism Dangers Seen in Rising Executive Power
Oneida county Republican committee in Utica warns that distrust of representative government signals a drift toward despotic rule. Chairman Brown cites growing executive strength and public doubt in legislature and Congress, urging thorough investigation into legislative processes.
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Utica
N. Y
Oneida County
Republican Committee
Brown
Mississippi
Pittsburg
Actress revisits Ford's Theatre where Lincoln was shot
In Washington D C on April 15 Miss Jennie Gourlay now elderly returned to the Ford's Theatre spot famous since Lincoln's assassination on April 14 1865 She had performed as Mary Trenchard in Our American Cousins the night of the death James Clark known as Dad Clark a former Confederate soldier is mentioned in Loganport.
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Washington, D. C
Lincoln
Ford
Jennie Gourlay
Washington
Miss Gourly
Mary Trenchard
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